Salt-shaker.



w. E. VANCE. SALT SHAKER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 26, 1910.

L 1 9 1 O 1 E a o d m n m a P x J k, 3/ o a a j WILLIAM H. VANCE, OF SANFRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

SALT-SHAKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 10, 1911.

Application filed April 26, 1910. Serial No. 557,702.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TVILLIAM H. VANCE, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of San Francisco and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in SaltShakers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device which is especially designed for thesifting or sprinklin of salt or other kindred material in desiredquantities.

It consists in the novel construction of the container, with meanswhereby the salt is prevented from attracting moisture which preventsits being discharged.

It also comprises details of construction which will be more fullyexplained by refer ence to the accompanying drawing, in which the figureis a vertical section of my shaker.

Great difiiculty is experienced in maintaining salt in the propercondition to be used in a salt shaker by reason of its tend-. ency toattract moisture to such an extent that it cannot be readily shakenthrough the small holes of the sifter.

It is the object of my invention to preserve the salt in so dry acondition that it can be readily discharged from the shaker without theabove described difliculty.

My shaker consists of an exterior chamber A, and an interior saltcontainer 2; these two being so united that the inner one may behermetically closed against the entrance of air when not in use, andprotected by be ing surrounded by a body of dry air contained within theouter chamber. This outer chamber may be of any suitable or desiredornamental shape, and I have shown it having a screw cap or cover 3 witha flange 3 to hold the packing in place around the inner chamber. Thematerial may be of metal or glass, and the bottom 4 may also be madeseparable, if desired, so as to allow the inner chamber to be insertedfrom the bottom.

The outer chamber A. has an inwardly projecting annular flange, as shownat 5, and the inner chamber 2 has a corresponding projecting flange 6which fits into the body of the chamber A below the flange 5.

The upper portion of the body 2 has small holes or perforations 7 on theside for the escape of the salt when desired, and it has also a screwcap or cover, as shown at 8, whereby it can be refilled. \Vhen inordinary closed condition, as shown in the figure, the perforations 7will lie within the upper portion of the chamber A, and above the flange5. This space above the flange 5 may be filled with a fibrous packing 9so that when the upper portion is closed, as described, the perforations7 will be covered by this fibrous packing which will prevent theentrance of air at this point.

Below the flange, 5, the interior of the chamber, A, is larger than thebody, 2, and will be filled with a body of air, which is thenon-conductor and which forms substantially an air-tight joint whichwill prevent the absorption of atmospheric moisture by the salt withinthe inner receptacle.

When saltis to be used, it is only necessary to extend the chamber 2 bypulling it up until the flange 6 contacts with the flange 5, when theperforations 7 will be exposed above the top 3, and salt can be shakenor sifted out to any desired extent.

This construction enables me to preserve the salt at all times inperfectly dry condition, and no trouble is experienced in sifting thesalt out of the shaker at any time.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is- 1. The combination in a salt shaker, of an exteriorreceptacle, an interior salt-containing receptacle of smaller diameterand having discharge perforations near the top, said interior receptaclebeing slidable within the outer one to expose or conceal theperforations, and said outer receptacle having a packed air-tight jointthrough which the perforated end of the inner receptacle operates and bywhich the perforations are normally closed, a flange on the inner wallof the exterior receptacle and a flange on the outer wall of theinterior receptacle adapted to contact-with the first-named flange andthereby limit the outward movement of the interiorreceptacle, said firstnamed flange serving, also, as a seat for said packing.

2. The combination in a salt shaker, of an inner chamber havingperforations near the top, and a projecting flange or stop upon itsbody, an outer chamber of larger diameter having a corresponding flangeor stop projecting inwardly, and a cap through which I my hand in thepresence of two subscribing the inner chamber is slidable to expose orWitnesses.

conceal the perforations and a packin fitting between the cap an flangeof the Enter WILLIAM VANCE 5 chamber, and forming a closure for the per-Vitncsses:

forations. RAYMOND A. LEONARD,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set CHARLES EDELMAN.

